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Gilded namwood lamp screen

Title

Year/Period

Late 19th-early 20th century

Region

Singapore and Malacca

Object Type

lamp screens

Material

namwood, glass

Technique

gilded and lacquered

Dimension

Object size: H62.7 x W28.2 x D27.3 cm

Accession No.

2008-00215

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This lantern, known as the Ting Kong Teng, would be the first thing that one would see in front of a Peranakan Chinese ancestral house. Ting Kong Teng were lanterns that were used in worship of Ting Kong (Heavenly Grandfather), the Chinese folk name of the Jade Emperor and Teng is a Chinese (Hokkien) word for lantern. He is one of the most important deities worshipped by the Peranakan Chinese.